The Charge

(high-pitched, nails-on-a-chalkboard squeal) Elmo!!!!

The Case

He's a little red monster who dared to dream. And now he's an international
icon and rich beyond imagination. He's Elmo and, yes, for every toddler out
there that loves him, I wager there's an adult who is moments away from leaping
off a harbor pier if they have to hear his voice again.

For the former group, the fine folks at Sesame Street have assembled a
second-round of Elmo highlights, which focuses heavily on the guest stars. No
doubt desiring to soak up a few molecules of Elmo's star power, a cavalcade of
celebrities show up to engage in some musical duets and alphabet learning.

On the guest list: Jason Mraz, Adam Sandler, Goo Goo Dolls, Ray Charles,
David Beckham (who gives a lesson in bouncing a soccer ball off of one's head)
and Destiny's Child. Granted, some of it's dated (Goo Goo Dolls riff on their
song "Slide"), but the target audience isn't going to realize
that.

Tying together these clips is the story of a robot named Memorybot, a
confused synthetic organism wandering aimlessly on Sesame Street. Elmo finds him
and discovers that Memorybot is in desperate need of a power recharge. To make
that happen, he needs memories and Elmo is only too happy to oblige and reels
off 50 minutes of his favorite archive footage.

The Best of Elmo 2 a solid collection, filled with some genuinely
amusing Elmo-based material. The guest stars are universally good-natured and
the song rewrites they belt out (typically about education or Elmo himself) are
fun. Props especially to Mraz, Destiny's Child and Goo Goo Dolls who seem to be
having a ball singing with a red puppet. The best segment? Adam Sandler. And
mainly because of the dragon cameo.